In direct contradiction to the official forecast, a team of scientists led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is predicting that the Sunspot Cycle that started this fall could be ...

For a week or so, something has been brewing on the far side of the sun. With sunspot cycle 25 now underway, the activity on the far side has been producing X-level solar flares and powerful coronal ...

The 11-year sunspot cycle is well underway. At the end of 2021, former sunspot cycle 24 finally ended, ushering the next cycle, No. 25. The change of cycles is known in the world of solar physics as a ...

Activity on the sun is not constant; it varies along a cycle of about 11 years. The peak of this solar cycle — called solar ...

With several solar flares and coronal mass ejections soaring out into space, the sun has had an active few months as the current solar cycle gathers momentum. This solar cycle, Solar Cycle 25, is ...

Our sun has officially hit its solar maximum, with increased rates of auroras and solar flares expected in the coming months, NASA has announced. The sun goes through 11-year cycles of activity, ...

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A vast, magnetically tangled sunspot has rotated into direct view of Earth, raising the prospect of powerful solar eruptions ...

The solar cycle continues to ramp up with currently the largest number of sunspots in the last two decades and maybe even longer. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center(SWPC) reports the estimated ...

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Solar cycle 25 kicked off last year. Forecasters thought it would be a mild one, but it's turning out to be quite the opposite. From its onset, this solar cycle has been steadily outpacing predictions ...